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hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states. and around the. world im john. vause with the cnn center in atlanta. almost nine hours now since hurricane eta made landfall in southwest florida. and this monster storm continues to cause widespread flooding. and storm surges in 12 feet high in places. tonight, -- statewide. like trustees outed more than 2 million homes and businesses, and the power grid so badly damaged parts there are concerns it may need to be rebuilt. ian arr...

Different. they have their own signature to it and i would certainly agree this is one of the referee flights ive been. on but to me what was unique about this one was the nature of the turbulence we hit. normally, you go through an eye wall, hit up and downdrafts, which is really turbulent. but this one, in addition to, that we had a lot of side to side motion. so, for me at least, that was very unusual. and so, you know, that makes it rank up there with probably one of the roughest flights ive...

With flight 587. there are two wake encounters. although invisible to the human eye they are displayed here in our animation. the first wake causes the plane to roll to the left and the co-pilot quickly puts it back on course. but then 15 seconds later, the plane is caught in a second wake. >> when this pilot got into the wake turbulence, the airplane started to roll. he put in flight control corrections that he thought was necessary to get the airplane back to a wings-level state. >> but instea...

To roll to the left and the co-pilot quickly puts it back on course. but then 15 seconds later, the plane is caught in a second wake. >> when this pilot got into the wake turbulence, the airplane started to roll. he put in flight control corrections that he thought was necessary to get the airplane back to a wings-level state. >> instead of leveling out, the plane moves violently on all three axes of flight. up and down and side to side motion. then the unthinkable happens. the tail snaps off. t...

>> oh, my god. >> please stay where you are. everybody, stay where you are. >> did you get it? oh, my god. >> keep your heads up. everybody, stay where you are. >> i knew that was in the stands, oh, my god. >> it could have been us. >> i know. in my mind, it was coming. >> joining me on the phone is the man who shot that video. he is brent wilson, hes back home in portland, oregon. brent, you know, we could hear i counted three "oh, my gods." i dont know if that was from you or your so...

A side to side motion, instead of an up and down motion which you need to make waves so in retrospect, its not that surprising it took so hong. bill: i was glued to the tv on saturday, i was waiting for this thing, i didnt want to see it, and we did not. the media cried wolf, president obama came out in the middle of the day on saturday, everybody was all over this thing and no one knew what they were talking about. >> well, thats a political question. i guess the lines of communication have to ...